Chris Baryla is leading the Melwood Prince George's County Open in Maryland by a shot. I haven't been able to say that for a long time !!
I did an interview earlier this year with his college coach, Scarborough native Rick Todd who told me that "Chris is by far the most talented pupil I have ever had"
I asked him why he was off to such a poor start and Rick thought it was just a matter of him seeing so many courses for the first time..
Well Chris is back on the Nationwide tour again this week on the University of Maryland GC as he couldn't get into the field at the Memorial and his sensational 1st round -7 64 has come out of nowhere.
In 9 starts on the PGA tour he has not yet made the cut, and in 3 starts on the Nationwide tour he made one cut in Louisiana, earning $1987.53 which he promptly donated to the Japan earthquake fund.
Here is his deal this year. He only played seven events due to a torn labrum in his hip in 2010...Coupled with 2010 winnings of $24,254, he was granted 16 events in 2011 to earn $762,723, equaling No. 125 from 2010. Decided to go to Q-School to improve that status, finishing T11.
He has used up 9 with no official earnings..In his last 3 outings he shot 77,87 at the Valero, 77,85 at the Zurich, and 71,77 last week at the Byron Nelson.
He told me earlier that he was feeling 100% as far as his hip was concerned, but he also had one of the tweets of the year "love life on the PGA tour, play Thursday and Friday with weekends off !!
Now part of Sean Foley's camp it will be interesting to see of this 64 is just a blimp on the radar screen or if he has found something that will turn this troubled year of his around
He tees off today in the late flight at 1.25.
Bryan Angus also on twitter@mummmbles
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